MARLETTE  Unionville-Sebewaing Area won the battle of ranked teams here this weekend at the Marlette Invitational.

USA and Marlette, both state-ranked in Division 3, hooked up in the finals of the event, with the Patriots coming away with a 3-1 decision in the title game.

Sarah Alegria tossed a four-hitter with 14 Ks in the championship game. She outdueled Emily Mroczek, who fanned eight in a six-hitter.

Marlette actually grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the opening inning on a single from Linsay Bloor, a steal, and another single by Mroczek.

After that, though, Alegria was nearly unhittable.

USA came back with two runs in the third frame, highlighted by hits from Alegria, Megan Gainforth and Erica Houthoofd.

USA added an insurance run in the fourth, capped by an RBI-double from Kala Winiecki which plated Mercy Martinez.

USA got to the finals with a 10-0 win over Harbor Beach and a 13-2 decision over Brown City.

Against the Pirates, Houthoofd tossed a no-hitter with 12 Ks.

Offensively, Katie Rayl slugged a homer while Alegria added a triple, Gainforth a single, and Kristin Warack a single.

Against the Green Devils, Alegria slugged two homers and had a single. Winiecki added a homer, a triple and two singles while Gainforth and Warack notched two hits each.

Alegria picked up the win on the hill, fanning eight along the way.

Earlier in the day, Marlette beat Harbor Beach (11-1), but lost to Brown City (4-2).

USA is now 9-0 overall. The Patriots are rated No. 3 in the latest Division 3 poll; Marlette, now 6-2 overall, is ranked No. 7.

Brown City sweeps Cass City

BROWN CITY  Brown City took a pair of close games from Cass City in this non-conference doubleheader.

The Green Devils won the first game, 2-0 as the Red Hawks were limited to just three hits.

The hits came from Ashley Hendrick, Renee Czekai and Jenni Brinkman.

Game 2 saw Cass City drop the 4-3 decision.

Brinkman had a double and a run scored in that one for the Red Hawks, who drop to 6-2 on the season.

Baseball

North Huron wins county qualifier

PORT AUSTIN  North Huron easily qualified for the Huron County Tournament with a 15-0 decision over Caseville on Saturday.

George Pettit and Mitch Dhyse each had a pair of knocks to lead the Warriors while Kevin Risch, Eric Mayes, Mykael Schmidt and Scott Kozlowski all added hits.

Luke Quinn and Matt Grenke had hits for Caseville.

Kozlowski earned the decision for North Huron, which moves its record to 3-4 overall, 0-1 North Central Thumb League.

Cass City tops Brown City

BROWN CITY  Cass City turned in the inning of the season against Brown City.

In Game 1 of a doubleheader, the Red Hawks were nursing a 5-4 lead heading into the seventh inning before the offense exploded for 15 runs.

Once the scoring started, Cass City scored 15 consecutive times without making an out.

Jarod Stoutenburg had three hits in the seventh alone, including a homer.

Cody Halasz added four hits for the Red Hawks while Mike Havens earned the decision on the mound.

Game 2 was called due to darkness with the teams tied at 4.

Track

Deckerville Invitational

DECKERVILLE  While the Unionville-Sebewaing Area Invitational was happening on the west side of the Thumb, the Deckerville Invitational was entertaining teams on the east side here Friday.

It didn't disappoint, either, as the host team won the boys side with 133 points, followed by Mayville (106.5), Harbor Beach (106), Carsonville-Port Sanilac (63.5), Peck (47), Almont (47), Dryden (18) and Akron-Fairgrove (6).

James Loomis led Deckerville with a first in the 300 hurdles (43.14) and a second in the 100 (12.10).

Don Bragg also snagged a first for the Eagles in the pole vault (11-6), while Deckerville took first in the 1,600 (3:47.60) and 3,200 (9:30.53) relays.

Wes Messing came away with a pair of seconds in the long jump (18-11 1/4) and 400 (54.89).

Other seconds came from Seth McVittie in the 110 hurdles (17.58) and Justin Lindke in the 3,200 (11:23).

For Harbor Beach, Jared Jurgess took a couple of firsts in the long jump (19-1 1/2) and 800 (2:16.92).

Ryan Irwin also placed first in the 110 hurdles (16.98) and second in the 300 hurdles (43.20).

Other seconds for the Pirates came from Luke Linn in the shot put (41-5 1/2), discus (122-0) and pole vault (11-0).

The Harbor Beach 800 (1:42.08) and 1,600 (3:51.88) relay teams also took second.